Columbus Area Insight

The Golden Triangle area is home to many a beautiful flowering plant. Springtime means that they are in bloom, sharing their vibrant colors and wonderful aromas with everyone around. Spring is such a wonderful time of the year here!

Pulitzer Prize winner and native son Tennessee Williams was born here on March 26, 1911. Williams was a prolific author and playwright, publishing dozens and dozens of plays, short stories, and other works over his lifetime. The former Rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Columbus was extensively renovated in 2010, and became the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center. Visitors and locals alike come to the Welcome Center to learn more about Williams and his life year-round.

The Mississippi House recently passed a bill which will open gates for a significant expansion to Columbus' Riverwalk. A 14-mile expansion is in the works, to be funded via Bond Issue to the tune of up to $5 million per year for five years. The expansion's walkway will include separate, parallel paths for walkers, joggers, and bicycle riders, and will connect the Riverwalk proper to the Columbus Air Force Base on the north side of town. The plan also calls for exercise and play areas to be placed along the path.

The Columbus Dispatch quoted Representative Jeff Smith (R-Columbus) as saying, "I am overjoyed at the size of the majority of House members that adopted the Riverwalk extension for quality of life assistance to Columbus Air Force Base." The federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission has stated that quality of life has become an important issue for the Base.

The bill will now head to the MS Senate for their review and approval.

Situated at Brickyard Road, just off of Military Road in Columbus, MS, the Shops at Brickerton offer a variety of upscale goods and services. You can find everything from hot coffee to get you through the day, to a day spa to help you relax your worries and cares away, to an oxygen bar, boutiques, and executive suites! There is also a Wingate Inn located right next door, so business and casual travelers will have many amenities and shops right there at their fingertips.

Local news station WCBI reports that ground-work has finally begun on the long anticipated Cracker Barrel location here in Columbus. After a number of years, and as many false starts, the beloved casual-dining restaurant chain is expected to be opening their doors for business in the fall of 2015.

East Mississippi Community College has been helping students take a step toward excellence. If you are looking for university transfer courses and degrees, career and technical certification or degrees, or programs in adult, continuing, or workforce education, check out EMCC. There are four locations to choose from:

Columbus has recently become home for several new businesses such as Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Dicks Sporting Goods, Lost Pizza Co. and several new hotels. Columbus opened a sports complex last year and held the state championship soccer tournament. Columbus is steadily growing! Columbus is a family friendly area.

In the heart of Columbus is the Mississippi University for Women which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission . It's a great place to continue your education. Read more about this at the link below.

Columbus is the home of many industries such as: Steel Dynamic, Aurora Flight Sciences, Stark Aerospace, PACCAR Inc, Yokohama Tire Plant, Eurocopter, Weyerhaeuser, Akzo Nobel Inc. Lowndes County announced today that Columbus is in the run for the new location for American Specialty Alloys which will employee up to 850. Please see link for more information.

The Columbus Air Force Base is our area's largest area employer. Our community is proud to be home for the Columbus Air Force Base. The base is also home to one of the three pilot training programs for the Air Force.

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